[Earth Era, February 17, 2011] [Western Calendar, Thursday] [Xia Calendar, Xinmao Year, first month, fifteenth day, Lantern Festival. Auspicious for marriage, setting up a bed, consecration, travel, ancestral rites, construction, moving the sacred flame, removing misfortune, meeting friends and family, opening a business, trading, and breaking ground for a grave]
Qin Siyang drove the Drill Pod Outside the Safe Zone, with Li Tianming riding along.
Rather than burrowing underground, the Drill Pod bumped across the surface, searching for signs of the Skywalking Lion-Eagle.
Unlike the Capsule Pod, whose design sacrificed strength for speed, the Drill Pod had a shell made of high-strength metal, allowing it to better handle the complex conditions aboveground.
Qin Siyang said, "Being underground always feels so stifling. Driving on the surface is better, even if all we get to see is this barren wasteland."
Li Tianming yawned. "Even beautiful lakes and mountains get boring after a few hours. Still no sign of the Skywalking Lion-Eagle?"
They had already driven two or three hundred kilometers and were still searching for the Skywalking Lion-Eagle.
Qin Siyang stared at the empty radar display and shook his head. "The detection tool can't locate the Skywalking Lion-Eagle itself. We can only look for it with our own eyes."
"There's only one Skywalking Lion-Eagle in the entire [Evolutionary Sequence Domain], and we have no idea where it is. What if it's seven or eight hundred kilometers Outside the Safe Zone today? Would you still go?"
"Definitely not that far. At that distance, there might be large gods posing unknown dangers. With the Skywalking Lion-Eagle here as an experience farm, why the hell would I go grinding other monsters?" Qin Siyang jerked the steering wheel. "Nothing this way. Let's try another direction."
After another two hours traveling across the surface, they